Film and vegetarianism

[rxmd]

In any case, the vegan bodybuilder guy apparently eats 10 bananas for an afternoon snack. Seems to me like he's begging for constipation 😀

Fun fact: Don't tell that vegan bodybuilder that bananas are inherently slightly radioactive (0.1 mSv per banana) and that if he does that every day, over a year he gets over the EPA yearly release limit from a nuclear power plant (250 mSv), just from his afternoon snacks. 😎

(http://xkcd.com/radiation/ to the rescue)

 

[haempe]

Fun fact: Don't tell that vegan bodybuilder that bananas are inherently slightly radioactive (0.1 mSv per banana) and that if he does that every day, over a year he gets over the EPA yearly release limit from a nuclear power plant (250 mSv), just from his afternoon snacks.

This gives a yellow Hulk?

 

[Jamie123]

It's do-able as a vegetarian/vegan with a big reliance on nuts and legumes, but not really as a 'fruitarian' - there's just no fruit that has enough protein to be able to do it. Eating only fruit is a good way to path yourself to insulin resistance - 10 bananas is 170g of sugar, or 6 ounces, or 32 teaspoons of sugar.

I remember once seeing a programme on tv that featured a woman in young woman in Califronia that had adopted a fruit juice only diet. No solid foods of any kind, just fruit juices. At the time the programme was filmed she had been 2-3 months into the diet. They asked a medical expert what he thinks of this and he was seriously concerned as he said she could permamently lose the ability to digest solid foods if she kept that up for too long.

Anyways, what I found interesting about that woman and what I often see in people with a special diet is that the more extreme and restrictive the diet becomes, the more zealous they get about how good it makes them feel. Always creeps me out a little.

As far as vegan diets go, at some point in my life I might consider a diet cconsisting only of fermented grain mash, preferably from Scotland.

 

[kode]

Fun fact: Don't tell that vegan bodybuilder that bananas are inherently slightly radioactive (0.1 mSv per banana) and that if he does that every day, over a year he gets over the EPA yearly release limit from a nuclear power plant (250 mSv), just from his afternoon snacks. 😎

(http://xkcd.com/radiation/ to the rescue)

Good thing that that potassium-40 passes through the body pretty quickly, then.

 

[filmfan]

...Anyways, what I found interesting about that woman and what I often see in people with a special diet is that the more extreme and restrictive the diet becomes, the more zealous they get about how good it makes them feel. Always creeps me out a little.

I agree!
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[Jobin33]

If you say so ...

Thanks....

 

[Jack Conrad]

I was unaware that film was made from living beings. Interesting.

I'm wondering what the metaphysical implications of this may be.

For instance, I often thought that while more technically perfect, digital images bore a somewhat plastic falsity to its appearance, while film seemed ineffably more real or "soulful" somehow.

I had attributed this difference to the variable nature in the mechanical application of chemicals onto the film which allowed for a certain amount of serendipity and therefore, soul or "beingness."

This opens up a whole new can o transdimensional metaphysicaliness about the nature of light and life and that of capturing "souls."...

My God, perhaps the indigenous peoples weren't being superstitious at all about having their souls stolen. Maybe they were correct.

What if living souls really are being captured on film?
Film that was made from the product of mechanized ritualized mass animal sacrifice? Ground bone, chicken feet, eyes of newt, alchemy, a magical boiling witches cauldron of satanic Kodak ingredients spread onto a convenient slice of 2D reality? :bang: :angel:

Maybe I need to take my meds? 😀

 

[nonot]

Gelatin is a byproduct of the animal industry, there are very few places if any producing gelatin while discarding the rest of the animal. You're better off fighting the battle on the terms of excess and luxury than being bothered by something that could very well have been thrown away in the first place without a second thought. With the film industry changing shape like it is, you won't have to worry about it for too much longer.

 

[Sparrow]

Yep, "I could care less" makes no sense in the context

 

[jwc57]

My God, perhaps the indigenous peoples weren't being superstitious at all about having their souls stolen. Maybe they were correct.

What if living souls really are being captured on film?

Maybe it only takes a small portion of the soul at a time. The more your photo is taken, the more of your soul is taken.

This could explain why fashion models look so "empty" after several years of working.

 

[Chris101]

Maybe it only takes a small portion of the soul at a time. The more your photo is taken, the more of your soul is taken.

This could explain why fashion models look so "empty" after several years of working.

That, and the heroin.

But I like the sliced soul concept. A photographic image is pretty thin, but does have a finite thickness. Perhaps then we can determine the number of photos before one becomes soul-less?

 

[sepiareverb]

Maybe I could care less, but I really don't want to put the energy into it.

 

[rodneyAB]

the rumor I subscribe to is that Kodak has stopped making film due to the fact they have sold their gelatin division to a pharmaceutical company.

 

[filmfan]

So we've "covered" vegetarian and vegan diets-- who is who, what is "what" (sorry about the excessive use of quotations).
Now, can someone get into Macrobiotic diets please? I don't want this thread ending anytime soon.

Also, the following article is somewhat interesting and on-topic (characteristics rare for the Boston Globe):
"Confessions of ex-vegetarians"
http://articles.boston.com/2012-01-...magazine-reports-vegetarian-diets-meat-eaters

 

[Jack Conrad]

Sliced soul on film or fillet of Sole on toast, that is the culinary question of import.

 

[Jamie123]

Hitler was a vegetarian and it seems he had no problem using film. If he didn't have a problem with it it must be alright. There you go. Moral conundrum solved! 😀

 

[Jack Conrad]

Which would you rather capture on film, a vegan soul or a meat eaters soul?

 

[Corto]

I'm a Foodie, I cook a lot.
I simply could not be without Animal products.

I butcher myself Meats/Poultry I buy in bulk from local farms, Just as I do with Deer, rabbits and fowl I hunt. I find it very respectful towards the animal to do as good a job as I possibly can. I also find it rewarding and relaxing.

We grow our own vegetables too. Just as rewarding and relaxing.

Film?

I have no problems with gelatin. (I make my own beef/chicken/fish stock)

 

[hipsterdufus]

I'm a Foodie, I cook a lot.
I simply could not be without Animal products.

I butcher myself Meats/Poultry I buy in bulk from local farms, Just as I do with Deer, rabbits and fowl I hunt. I find it very respectful towards the animal to do as good a job as I possibly can. I also find it rewarding and relaxing.

We grow our own vegetables too. Just as rewarding and relaxing.

Film?

I have no problems with gelatin. (I make my own beef/chicken/fish stock)

I have to enter this thread just to say that I'd love to have you cook for me... 😀

 

[gavinlg]

Now, can someone get into Macrobiotic diets please? I don't want this thread ending anytime soon.

Don't have that much experience with the macrobiotic diet - I would definitely rate it a better diet than straight out vegetarian as one of the major points is avoiding refined grains.

Honestly, I think any paleolithic style eating - meaning eating as simply as possible is best. Refined grains, processed foods and sugar are the #1 enemy. If a caveman couldn't make the food you're about to eat, it's not good for you. And don't be afraid of fat - drink whole milk, eat lots of whole eggs, don't buy lean meat or 'skinny' anything.